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Movers & Shakers for June 26, 2023
Updated: June 26, 2023People are on the move at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Cornerstone Bank, and Thrive Support & Advocacy.
Updated: June 26, 2023
Maynard genetically-engineered fish farming firm stops construction on large Ohio facility
June 2, 2023AquaBounty Technologies, a Maynard-based salmon-farming company, has paused construction on its planned 479,000-square-foot Pioneer, Ohio fish farm, because of an increase in projected construction costs.
June 2, 2023
Nonprofits battle against rising food insecurity as pandemic era assistance comes to an end
Updated: May 15, 2023Community Harvest Project’s food donations have become more critical than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they remain so now as pandemic emergency declaration-related federal and state emergency allotments end and the costs of food continue
Updated: May 15, 2023
NCMDC loans $35K to hydraulic repair startup
May 10, 2023The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. has loaned $35,000 loan to startup Soto Hydraulic Repair in Winchendon for new equipment.
May 10, 2023
Raw milk advocates push to legalize distribution
May 2, 2023Raw milk consumers and sellers are once again asking lawmakers to expand access to the controversial dairy product.
May 2, 2023
Hemp farmers seek regulatory changes
May 2, 2023Lawmakers and advocates are pushing bills this session that would ease restrictions on hemp and marijuana products, pitching it as a way to keep Massachusetts competitive with neighboring states and help local growers.
May 2, 2023
University entrepreneurship programs help undergrad startup bring power to Indonesian fish farms
Updated: April 17, 2023A company founded by Worcester undergrads aims to supply rural communities with an inexpensive local source of electricity.
Updated: April 17, 2023
A 40-acre Shrewsbury winery property sold for $2M
April 4, 2023A Shrewsbury winery property was sold for $2 million on Friday, according to the Worcester District Registry of Deeds.
April 4, 2023
Movers & Shakers for April 3, 2023
Updated: April 3, 2023Employees are on the move at Akoya Biosciences, Milford Regional Medical Center, and MutualOne Bank, with new hires joining operations and promotions happening within organizations.
Updated: April 3, 2023
Business Leaders of the Year: Cormier has grown her mother’s natural food legacy
Updated: March 6, 2023When the cafe at Roots Natural Food opened on Valentine’s Day 2023, after shuttering for the entirety of the coronavirus pandemic, it was a reopening with intention.
Updated: March 6, 2023
Sterling’s Randle to become first woman to lead Department of Agricultural Resources
February 28, 2023Deputy commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Ashley Randle is blazing trails in the department by being named to succeed John Lebeaux as commissioner, the first woman named to the position.
February 28, 2023
Athol farm loaned $150K from NCMDC to enhance operations
February 8, 2023The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. in Fitchburg loaned $150,000 to Adams Farm and Slaughterhouse in Athol to help run the company and purchase equipment.
February 8, 2023
New challenges await the Massachusetts cannabis industry
Updated: January 23, 2023Despite falling prices and increasing competition, marijuana business officials across the state, and particularly in Central Massachusetts, still see the cannabis market as primed for opportunity, with operators having to be smarter about the way
Updated: January 23, 2023
Hardwick votes down racetrack
January 9, 2023The voters in Hardwick on Saturday decided they don’t want a racetrack. According to the town’s unofficial tally from Saturday’s special election, 830 people voted against the special permit for the race track, outnumbering the 312 yes votes in
January 9, 2023-
Fate of horse track, farming program hinges on Hardwick vote Saturday
January 6, 2023What to do with Great Meadowbrook Farm?
January 6, 2023 
Millis agriculture firm granted $1.5M for aquatic plant-based protein research
December 20, 2022Millis vertical farming company, Crop One Holdings, Inc. and New York-based Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have received a $1.5 million cost-matching grant from the nonprofit Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research in Washington D.C. to fund
December 20, 2022
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